November 2018 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of November 2018 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.
30 November 2018 | Award Current Affairs IT czar and philanthropist Azim Premji has been awarded the highest French civilian distinction, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). Premji, chairman of Bengaluru-headquartered IT major Wipro, received the distinction from Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India in Bengaluru. |
29 November 2018 | Obituary Current Affairs Mohammad Aziz, the famous Hindi singer of the 80s and 90s of the Indian music world, has passed away at the age of 64, he was born on 2 July 1954 in Ashok Nagar, West Bengal. Mohammad Aziz had sung more than 20 thousand songs in different languages during his lifetime. |
28 November 2018 | India Current Affairs The United Nations recently selected Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh to participate in the global Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative, inviting Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Greater Noida as the only place from India in the "University City" category has gone. |
27 November 2018 | Sports Current Affairs The Badminton World Federation (BWF) organized the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship at the Babu Banaras Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India with a total prize money of $150,000. The tournament was introduced to the badminton circuit in 2009 as a BWF Grand Prix event. Since then the tournament is being held annually at the Babu Banarsi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow. |
26 November 2018 | Obituary Current Affairs Senior Congress leader and former Railway Minister CK Jaffer Sharif passed away at the age of 85 in a private hospital in Bengaluru. Jaffar Sharif has been a prominent face of the Congress in Karnataka politics. He was also the Railway Minister from 1991 to 95 during the Congress regime. |
25 November 2018 | Conference Current Affairs On November 24, 2018, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu announced the intention of the government to set up a Domestic Gold Council in India for the growth of the jewelery sector. |
24 November 2018 | Award Current Affairs UN Environment honored Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India with the 3rd Asia Environment Enforcement Award, 2018 for combating trans-boundary environmental crime. |
23 November 2018 | Award Current Affairs Film star Amitabh Bachchan was honored with the third Sayaji Ratna Award at Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara for his social contribution towards paying off the loans of several farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. The award was instituted in the memory of Baroda ruler Sayajirao Gaekwad III. |
22 November 2018 | Conference Current Affairs The RBI in its state board meeting decided to set up an expert committee to examine the economic capital framework (ECF) of the central bank to enable transfer of Rs 3.6 lakh crore of reserves to the Government of India. |
21 November 2018 | Conference Current Affairs A conference on “e-mobility in Indian Railways” organized by Ministry of Railways in collaboration with NITI Aayog and Railway Electrical Engineer (IREE) concluded in New Delhi. The one-day conference was inaugurated by Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railways. This was a conference organized before the 'MOVE: Global Mobility Summit' organized by NITI Aayog. |
20 November 2018 | Sports Current Affairs Alexander Zverev beat Novak Djokovic by a margin of 6-4, 6-3 to win his maiden ATP title. He is now the first German to win the ATP singles title. since Boris Becker did it in 1995 and also the youngest man to win the year-end championships since Djokovic in 2008 in Shanghai. |
19 November 2018 | Obituary Current Affairs Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri Param Vir Chakra, Vishisht Seva Medal A retired officer in the Indian Army passed away at the age of 78. He led the Indian Army with valor in the famous Battle of Longawala for which he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra. |
18 November 2018 | Technology Current Affairs Delhi Police in India's capital Delhi has launched 'Nipoon' portal for staff training, on this portal laws, standing orders, investigation checklist, forms for case files, latest judgments of High Court and Supreme Court will be available . |
17 November 2018 | India Current Affairs NITI Aayog, the premier think tank of the Government of India, partnered with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to host a South Asian regional conference at PravasiBharatiya Kendra in the capital today to discuss the key issues, perspectives and the way forward in the Urban Infrastructure. |
16 November 2018 | Business Current Affairs ICICI Bank has increased the interest on fixed deposits by 0.25 percent, the bank has increased this due to the cash crunch and the increase in the main interest rate of the Reserve Bank twice. |
15 November 2018 | Business Current Affairs State Bank of India has announced the closure of its mobile wallet SBI Buddy from November 30, State Bank of India launched the mobile wallet SBI Buddy in 2015 which was available in 13 languages. |
14 November 2018 | Appointment Current Affairs SK Seth has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, before SK Seth in 1990, Justice GG Soni was made Acting Chief Justice as a senior judge. |
13 November 2018 | Special Day Current Affairs The 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War has been celebrated in the event organized in Paris, in which the leaders of 70 countries participated and the Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu also participated in it. |
12 November 2018 | Collaboration Current Affairs The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently approved Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme for leasing out 6 airports in the country namely Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru. |
12 November 2018 | Obituaries Current Affairs Union Minister Ananth Kumar died on 12 November 2018 at the age of 59 in a Bangalore hospital. He had been suffering from cancer for a long time and he was undergoing treatment. |
11 November 2018 | Books Current Affairs Jessica Townsend is an Australian author born in 1985. Her career has included working as a copywriter and editor for a children's wildlife magazine. He has recently published a book named The JK Rowling of Australia. |
11 November 2018 | Obituaries Current Affairs Senior sports journalist Roshan Sethi died at the age of 84 on November 10. He had been struggling with throat cancer for a long time. Sethi was active in sports journalism for more than five decades. |
10 November 2018 | Technology Current Affairs 2 to 5 November 2018, the 34th National Junior Athletics Championships 2018 was held at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand. More than 2000 athletes from different places of India participated in this championship. 14 junior national records were set in this championship. |
10 November 2018 | Appointments Current Affairs Former IAS officer Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as chairperson of the Indian Competitiveness Commission (CCI) on 09th November 2018. |
9 November 2018 | Award Current Affairs R.S. Puram Police station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu has been adjudged as the best police station in India in SMART Police Stations initiative of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). SMART Police concept was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 49th annual conference of Director General/Inspector General held in Guwahati in November, 2014. |
9 November 2018 | Reports Current Affairs According to a report by Canalis Research, India has been the second largest smartphone market in the world, leaving behind the US in the July to September quarter this year. |
8 November 2018 | World Current Affairs The 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, the world's largest snow festival began in Harbin (North-East China) on January 5, 2018. The festival continued till the end of February. |
8 November 2018 | Sports Current Affairs Russia's tennis player Karen Khachanov won the title of Paris Masters Tennis Tournament by defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia, on November 5, 2018 |
7 November 2018 | Scheme Current Affairs Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Government has announced to launch ‘Muhafiz’ scheme, a major welfare initiative for providing institutionalized socio-economic security to workers in the unorganized sector of the state. |
7 November 2018 | Awards Current Affairs This year's International Press Institute India (IPI-India) award for doing outstanding work in the field of journalism, 'Namrata Biji Ahuja', senior journalist of "The Week magazine", has chosen this year. Namrata has been selected for the award for the news written on 'Naga Underground Camps'. |
6 November 2018 | Scheme Current Affairs Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur announced setting up of 24X7 ‘Gudiya helpline‘ for reporting crimes against women. ’Gudiya’ is a nickname given to the 16-year-old victim of rape and murder in Kotkhai town The incident took place in 2017. |
6 November 2018 | Appointments Current Affairs Lieutenant General P.S. Rajeshwar took charge as the 12th Chief of Integrated Defense Staff of the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee (COSC) in New Delhi on 01 November 2018. |
5 November 2018 | Agreement Current Affairs The Union Defense Ministry approved the procurement of Indian Navy's P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft and simulated training solutions for electronic warfare systems for the Army. The total cost involved in these deals is Rs 2420 crore. |
5 November 2018 | Obituaries Current Affairs India's oldest villain performer "Poongani" passed away on 2nd November 2018, in Kottamam village of Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state. She was 84 years old. |
4 November 2018 | Obituary Current Affairs BJP candidate and former minister Devisingh Patel passed away due to heart attack. He was 66 years old. He contested from Rajpur assembly seat in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh. Patel had served as a minister of state in former chief minister Uma Bharti's cabinet. |
4 November 2018 | Awards Current Affairs Indian cinema veteran Anupam Kher has been awarded the Distinguished Fellow in the Cambridge MIT Sloan School of Management on November 04, 2018. Anupam has worked in more than 500 films. |
3 November 2018 | Sports Current Affairs Ambati Rayudu has retired from longer-form 'First class' cricket, including the Ranji Trophy, to focus on limited-overs cricket. |
3 November 2018 | Indian Current Affairs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme to give micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) loans up to 1 crore in 59 minutes on 2nd November 2018. On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi also made 12 important announcements for the MSME sector. |
2 November 2018 | Award Current Affairs Rahul Dravid was officially inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in a brief ceremony before the start of the fifth and final ODI between India and West Indies at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. He has become the fifth Indian player to be inducted. |
2 November 2018 | Sports Current Affairs Five times world champion and Olympic medalist Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom has been named as Brand Ambassador for the 10th edition of Women's World Championship in New Delhi. |
1 November 2018 | Summit Current Affairs The 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India began at Kaziranga in Assam. The three-day summit was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Health Minister JP Nadda. |
1 November 2018 | Appointments Current Affairs IPS officer Surjit Singh Deswal has been appointed as the new Director General of the Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on October 31, 2018. Surjit Singh Deswal is the IPS officer of the 1984 batch. He will replace the R.K. Pachnanda. |
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